So with such a decent album release schedule, the tracks the metal community got to hear for the first time were also subsequently epic. Devildriver released The Fury of our Maker’s Hand, Gojira released From Mars to Sirius, Dimmu Borgir released Stormblast MMV and Children of Bodom released Are You Dead Yet? Not bad right?

Plenty of quality so far and there is even more to come. Nine Inch Nails released With Teeth, Judas Priest released Angel of Retribution, Chimaira released their self-titled debut and Fear Factory released Transgression. Rammstein released Rosenrot, Static X released Start a War, Kreator released Enemy of God and Scar Symmetry released Symmetric in Design.Īs well as all of the above, 2005 also saw the release of Road Runner United’s All Star Sessions in celebration of its 25 th anniversary and Soulfly released Dark Aged. Trivium released Ascendancy and became household names off the back of it and Limp Bizkit released The Unquestionable Truth Part 1. It was also the year that saw System of a Down’s double release of Mesmerize and Hypnotize and was the year Korn released See You on the Other side. I won’t run through all of them but some of the biggest ones included Avenged Sevenfold’s City of Evil, Dark Tranquility’s Character and Mudvayne’s Lost and Found. In terms of album releases in 2005 though there were absolutely loads of them. Exhumed went on what turned out to be a 5 year hiatus and both Sentenced and Symphony in Peril called time on their careers. Terrorizer and Devourment both reformed but were overshadowed by the reformation of Alice in Chains and Anthrax but even these were overshadowed by the reformation of black metal icons, Emperor.Ģ005 was also, thankfully quite quiet in terms of bands calling it a day with only 3 members of the family being lost. American metal band In This Moment also formed in 2005 as did progressive band, Stream of Passion although none of these had quite the lasting impact that Five Finger Death Punch did.Ģ005 was also the year we saw quite a few bands, and some huge ones, announce they were back together and, for some, back together again. Also forming in 2005 were Beyond Fear which were a side project started by Tim Owens, once of Judas Priest. The biggest name among these is probably Five Finger Death Punch who have grown in popularity as the years have passed. There were a few new bands officially announced as formed in 2005. A few new bands and a few reformations were also announced in 2005 and all in all it was a very consistent year in heavy metal with abundant new material to keep the fan base content. There are many big and important years in the history of heavy metal and 2005 was definitely up there in terms of quality and quantity of album releases.

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